(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

(1) AMENDMENT NO. 3. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act No. 60, S. 130, 1915 Regular Session.

(2) AMENDMENT NO. 373. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act No. 6, H. 170, 1978 Second Special Session.

(3) COMMISSION. Blount County Commission.

(4) CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Alabama of 1901.

(5) COUNTY. Blount County, Alabama.

(6) SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX. The special district ad valorem tax for public school purposes authorized in Amendment No. 3 and levied and collected on taxable property in the special school tax district.

(7) SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX DISTRICT. The Hayden School Tax District in the county subject to the jurisdiction and control of the Blount County Board of Education, as the school tax district now exists or as it may be hereafter formed.

(b) The county presently levies and collects the special school district tax at a rate of thirty cents ($.30) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (three mills on each dollar) of assessed value pursuant to Amendment No. 3. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the county commission in accordance with Amendment No. 373, the county proposes to increase the rate at which it may levy and collect the special school district tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to one dollar thirty cents ($1.30) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (13 mills on each dollar) of assessed value.

(c) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 and a resolution adopted by the county commission after a public hearing, the county commission may increase the rate at which the county levies and collects the special school district tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to one dollar thirty cents ($1.30) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (13 mills on each dollar) of assessed value.

(d) The increase in the rate at which the special school district tax may be levied and collected pursuant to this section is subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors residing in the special school tax district who vote on the proposed increase at a special election called and held for such purpose pursuant to the provisions of subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373.